Volcano-hit La Palma gets a piece of Spain’s biggest lotto

After volcanic eruptions and tourism woes, island gets some Christmas cheer as tickets scoop 400,000

After grappling with volcanic eruptions that dragged on for three months, piling on to the tourism woes brought by the coronavirus pandemic, a bit of luck has landed in the Canary Island of La Palma.

Spain's Christmas lottery - the two-century-old tradition that on Wednesday showered 2.4bn in prize money across the country - included a nugget of good news for the hard-hit island as two local kiosks said they had sold winning tickets worth a total of 400,000.